A Psalm of David.

21 O Lord, in your strength the king rejoices, and in your salvation how greatly he exults! 2 You have given him his heart’s desire and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah 3 For you meet him with rich blessings; you set a crown of fine gold upon his head. 4 He asked life of you; you gave it to him, length of days forever and ever. 5 His glory is great through your salvation; splendor and majesty you bestow on him. 6 For you make him most blessed forever;[1]you make him glad with the joy of your presence. 7 For the king trusts in the Lord, and through the steadfast love of the Most High he shall not be moved.

8 Your hand will find out all your enemies; your right hand will find out those who hate you. 9 You will make them as a blazing oven when you appear. The Lord will swallow them up in his wrath, and fire will consume them. 10 You will destroy their descendants from the earth, and their offspring from among the children of man. 11 Though they plan evil against you, though they devise mischief, they will not succeed. 12 For you will put them to flight; you will aim at their faces with your bows.

13 Be exalted, O Lord, in your strength! We will sing and praise your power. (ESV)

Footnotes:

1. Or make him a source of blessing forever

Our Father,

We praise your name for the wonderful things that you have done for us in the past and continue to do in spite of our rebellious behavior. This nation worshiped you and honored your Son from the beginning and you blessed us with peace and security and wealth above the nations.

In this generation we have turned our backs upon you and worshiped money and power yet you have been faithful and patient with our people.

Now our enemies are rising up against us and we are no longer feared by the nations who would do us harm. Enemies are even in our midst using our freedoms against us to divide us against ourselves.

Those of us who continue to worship and honor you are thankful that you have withheld judgment from this nation but now we see even nature is rising up against us. Even the non-believers are taking the natural calamities as judgments of nature against our behavior even if they do not honor you as creator and God or your Word.

We are falling and failing and we have leaders who are weak and have no answers but seek power and wealth for themselves and their friends instead of doing what is best for our country and world. We live in dangerous times when we need leaders that will seek your face and wisdom. Lord, bring forth and rise up new godly people to lead us out of this spiritual desert that we have chosen for ourselves.

Our nation has seen revival before and we need revival now in order to avoid the dustbin of history. Extend your hand once more over our land and hover with your Holy Spirit over our cities. Bring a new awakening in our neighborhoods and among our children and give hope and vision to our young people. Rise up with healing in your wings for a nation that has departed and is dying. Let your Word go forth with power and authority once more across our land.